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1
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Acne

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Blockage of the sebaceous glands

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Antibodies

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Defense against diseases; locks down antigens

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Apocrine sweat glands

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Empty into hair follicles; sweat, fatty substance, and protein; causes body odor

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4
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Arrector Pili

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Muscle responsible for causing goose bumps

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Asepsis

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state of being free from disease-causing contaminants

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Bacteria

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One-celled organisms involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation

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Bedsores

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Inflammation, sore, ulcer in the skin and underlying tissues over the bony areas when prolonged pressure or friction occludes the blood supply to the tissues

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Blood

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Bodily fluid that delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells

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Communicable disease

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transmitted from person to person by direct contace

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Convalescence

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Gradual recovery of strength and health after an illness

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Conduction

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the moving through a medium or passage

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Dermal of papilla

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group of cells that form the structure directly below the hair follicle

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Dermatitis

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itchy inflammation of the skin

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Dermis

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skin layer between epidermis and subcutaneous tissues

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15
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Dilate

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wider or larger

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Disinfection

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the process of killing pathogenic organisms

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Eccrine Glands

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major sweat glands found all over the body

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Eczema

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skin disorder that involves scaly and itchy skin

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Erythema

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when the skin turns a reddish color

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External Epithelial Root

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one of the two layers of the dermal root sheath

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Evaporation

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water is converted from liquid to gas

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Fingerprints

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friction ridges of a human finger

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Jaundice

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yellow coloring of the skin

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Follicle

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skin organ that produces hair

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Fungi

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microorganisms such as yeast and molds

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Hair root

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thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell

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Heat gain

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when body heat is increased

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Heat loss

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when body heat is decreased

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Hair shaft

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part of hair above the skin

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Hypodermis

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lowermost layer of the integumentary system

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Idiopathic

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unknown cause

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Impetigo

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contagious skin infection that usually produces blisters or sores on the face, neck, hands, and diaper area

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Incubation

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development of an infection from the time the pathogen enters the body until signs or symptoms first appear

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Infection

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the invasion of a host organism’s bodily tissues by disease-causing organisms

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Inflammation

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a protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues

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Keratin

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structural material making up the outer layer of human skin

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Keratinocytes

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the predominant cell type in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, constituting 95% of the cells found there

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Lunula

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the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail

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Mammary glands

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organ in female mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring

40
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Medical asepsis

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state of being free of living pathogenic microorganisms

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Melanin

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determines skin color

42
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Melanocytes

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pigment-producing cells in the skin of humans

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Merkel cells

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oval receptor cells found in the skin of vertebrates that have synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents

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Pathogen

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biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host

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Reticular layer

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lower layer of the dermis, found under the papillary dermis, composed of dense irregular connective tissue

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Radiation

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energy traveling through space

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Sebaceous glands

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glands in the skin that secrete an oily/waxy matter, called sebum

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Sterilization

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the elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis,

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Stratum basale

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deepest layer of the dermis

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Virus

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mall infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism

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